Namibia’s Young Warriors crashed out of the 2023 Council of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) qualifiers following a 5-2 defeat to South Africa in Eswatini on Monday. The Under-20 team needed nothing short of a victory to keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals alive from Group C. They got off to a dream…
The number of girls at risk of child marriage over the next 10 years has increased to 110 million as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This number increased from 100 million due to pandemic-related poverty and education disruptions, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Natalia Kanem said in a press release issued to…
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) has announced the launch of the FinTech Innovations Regulatory Framework, which outlines how FinTech innovations that are not currently subject to the bank’s existing regulations will be treated. This follows the recent facilitation of an information session with 30 existing and aspiring financial technology (FinTech) start-ups on identifying solutions to…
World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti has said the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to an estimated 25 per cent global rise in depression and anxiety. Moeti revealed this in a statement on Monday in commemoration of World Mental Health Day, held under the theme ‘Make Mental Health and Wellbeing for…
Outgoing High Commissioner of Australia to Namibia, Gita Kamath, bid President Hage Geingob farewell at State House on Tuesday. Gita said Namibia is one of Australia’s good investment partnerships in the Commonwealth in various trading areas, particularly the mining sector, where collectively Australian companies are the biggest investors. She said the two liberal democracies share…
The Siguruguru Senior Primary School on the outskirts of Rundu is expected to receive 12 classrooms, an administration block and an ablution facility, all at a cost of N.dollars 20 million. This was said by the Governor of the Kavango East Region, Bonifatius Wakudumo during the official handover of school furniture to the school by…
D-Naff Entertainment on Saturday hosted a music show aimed at contributing towards the fight against mental health stigmatisation and to encourage people to seek help for mental health problems. The ‘Speak Out, Seek Help (SOSH)’ event was a collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Lifeline/Childline and the Office of the First Lady,…
Namibia and Qatar have consolidated actions geared towards the development of the oil industry through QatarEnergy’s investment in the recent oil discoveries in the country by TotalEnergies and Shell. The consolidation follows President Hage Geingob’s bilateral visit to Qatar in February 2022 aimed at seeking investors in areas of mutual interest such as agriculture, energy…
The main sponsors of the Namibia Netball Premier League (NNPL), Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC), has called on other corporates to rally behind netball in Namibia to improve the quality of the game. Speaking at the prize handover ceremony on Saturday, MTC’s Corporate Communications Practitioner, Fikameni Mathias, said local netball can only be competitive if there…
The Namibia Paralympic Committee (NPC) will be sending a group of athletes to represent the country at the upcoming Outeniqua Wheelchair Challenge that will be held in George, South Africa. The challenge, which is a unique event for disabled athletes in South Africa, will be staged in the picturesque town of George on 15 October…